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ISBN. 1-4165-6139-0 (hardback edition) The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel. The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living ...
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Matt Bondurant is an American novelist. Among his works are...
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James Forrest Bondurant (21 November 1901-4 December 1965) was an American Prohibition-era gangster and one of the three Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, Virginia. He was the gang's de facto leader during the 1930s, despite being the middle brother. James Forrest Bondurant was born in Franklin County, Virginia, Virginia on 21 November 1901, the son of Granville Thomas Bondurant ...
Maggie Mae Bondurant (23 May 1905-25 July 1992) was the wife of Forrest Bondurant and an accomplice of the Bondurant brothers during Prohibition. Maggie Mae Harris was born in Chicago, Illinois on 23 May 1905, the daughter of George Seymour Harris and Mary Anna Earles. In 1931, she left her career as a dancer in Chicago to find a more quiet life in rural Virginia, settling in Franklin County ...
The Bondurant brothers were three brothers from Franklin County in the Blue Ridge foothills of Piedmont, Virginia who, during the 1920s and 1930s, engaged in moonshining and bootlegging during Prohibition. At the time, Franklin was called "the wettest county in the world", as almost everyone (9 out of every 10 people) in the county was involved in the production of illegal moonshine. The ...
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Feb 24, 2021 · James Forrest (Forrest) Bondurant. Born 21 Nov 1901 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA. Ancestors. Son of Granville Thomas Bondurant and Malisha Elizabeth (Barbour) Bondurant. Brother of Belva M Bondurant, Era S Bondurant, Benjamin Howard Bondurant, Lawson B Bondurant, Eddie T Bondurant, Clarance Bondurant, Mary V Bondurant, Jesse B Bondurant ...
Nov 7, 2008 · A subheading on Nov. 9 about “The Wettest County in the World,” by Matt Bondurant, misstated the book’s place in the author’s career. It is his second novel — not his first, which was ...
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